Air quality officials put pressure on Boyle Heights warehouse cleanup as odor complaints rack up — and more UCLA media

LAist reported that city air quality officials have ramped up demands of Lineage LLC as it oversees the cleanup of its Boyle Heights warehouse after residents filed more than 900 complaints of “rotten, sour, garbage-type smells” in the last week. According to Yoshira Ornelas Van Horne, an exposure scientist and assistant professor with the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health’s Department of Environmental Health Sciences, the waste is being hauled away by trucks that can hold 20 tons at once. Ornelas Van Horne said beyond the smells of the material they’re holding, these trucks may pose healt